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Often times, the question arises: what is the difference between the two? This post gives a short overview of the
differences between the two versions.
## Before Choosing to Self-Host NetBird in Production
When we first created NetBird, our goal was to simplify network administration — freeing admins from the headaches of
configuring firewalls, opening ports, managing VPN gateways, handling certificates, and so on. We wanted to provide a
tool that lets teams completely close off their network from the outside world, while still enabling devices to seamlessly
discover and connect to internal resources just by installing the client apps. However, as is often the case with easy-to-use tools,
a lot happens behind the scenes. NetBird relies on a range of interconnected components that work together to ensure secure
peer-to-peer connectivity, fallback relayed connections through a network of geographically distributed relay servers,
and overall system reliability and availability. It is not an easy task to deploy and maintain such infrastructure in
a reliable manner. NetBird is not just one VPN server. You can read more about how NetBird works [here](/about-netbird/how-netbird-works).
## Installation and Maintenance
NetBird platform is a combination of [multiple components](/about-netbird/how-netbird-works) that make it possible for